Fri 17 January 2025: A migrant boat carrying 80 passengers capsized near Morocco, with over 40 Pakistanis reportedly among those presumed dead, the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Thursday. . The incident of boat capsizing took place off the Coast of Morocco, while attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa. Pakistani President […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: No illegal miners remain underground after four days of a rescue operation at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa’s North West Province, police confirmed Thursday. National Police Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe reaffirmed that 246 living illegal miners and 78 bodies had been retrieved from the mine since the rescue operation […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: The leaders of the UK and Ukraine will sign a “100 Year Partnership” agreement on Thursday to strengthen security ties and partnership for future generations, as the British prime minister has arrived in Kyiv to pledge additional support to Ukraine. The treaty will bolster military collaboration on maritime security through a […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: President-elect Donald Trump is not known as an African enthusiast. He never visited the continent during his first term (2017-2021). Not many African leaders are known to be close to him in any capacity. There is no record of him setting foot on the continent even as private citizen but his company, […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: At least 25 people are confirmed dead as the Los Angeles wildfires continue to cause massive destruction in the US state of California, and forecasts for more heavy winds are expected to fuel the blazes in the days to come, officials said Wednesday. The two raging fires in the Eaton and […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: Despite falling total, number of people crossing the border from Belarus and Russia jumped 192 percent. The number of people entering the European Union by irregular crossings dropped almost 40 percent in 2024, according to the bloc’s border agency Frontex. Preliminary data reveal a significant 38 percent drop in irregular border […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: Gaza’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 13,177 students have been killed and 21,991 injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Strip and the occupied West Bank on 7 October 2023. The ministry said in a statement yesterday that the number of students who were killed […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Qatari Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman announced Wednesday evening the success of mediators in reaching a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, noting that its implementation will begin this Sunday. During a press conference held in Doha, bin Abdulrahman stated that the first phase of the […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow wants to contribute to efforts to improve the situation in Syria and it is in constant contact with the new Syrian administration and will not leave the Middle East. His remarks were made during a press conference held yesterday. Lavrov said: “The events […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor stressed the need for the United Nations (UN) to add Israel to the UN’s blacklist of entities suspected of perpetrating sexual violence in conflicts: “In light of substantial evidence documenting Israel’s systematic use of sexual violence, including rape and other forms of sexual abuse, as part […]
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